02/13/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Network for Public Health Law. Published: 2/13/2020. This 30-page primer, updated on February 13, 2020, outlines legal, policy, and practical guidance to understand the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its related public health emergency response. It includes a brief overview of novel coronavirus; information about international legal response efforts from the World Health Organization and foreign governments; U.S. legal preparedness and response; and additional related resources. (PDF)
02/12/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/12/2020. This meeting to review the current Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took place on February 12, 2020. It was the unanimous view of the Committee that this event still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005). The Committee acknowledged the revised risk assessment, which puts the risk now as high at national and regional levels, and low at the global level. (Text)
02/12/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/12/2020. The purpose of this 12-page document is to provide interim guidance on laboratory biosafety related to the testing of clinical specimens of patients that meet the case definition of the novel pathogen identified in Wuhan, China, i.e., 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the disease named COVID-19. It also includes the packaging and shipment requirements for sending specimens to World Health Organization-appointed 2019-nCoV referral laboratories. (PDF)
02/11/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/11/2020. For countries that have decided to repatriate their nationals from Wuhan City, China, in relation to the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), this four-page document provides key considerations that need to be made, in order to ensure the health and well-being of those involved in the repatriation. It lists measures to be adopted before embarkation, onboard the aircraft, upon arrival at the point of entry, in quarantine, and for personnel. (PDF)
02/07/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/7/2020. This five-page table, updated on February 7, 2020, is a disease commodity package for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that provides information about surveillance, prevention and control, case management, key outbreak control activities considered for material supply, and personal protective equipment. It provides a draft list of supplies needed for laboratories and health centers managing a new coronavirus. (PDF)
02/07/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 2/7/2020. Countries that have no testing capacity for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) can send their samples to the World Health Organization-appointed 2019-nCoV referral laboratories for testing. This one-page document provides shipping instructions. National 2019-nCoV laboratories with limited experience are encouraged to send the first five positives and the first 10 negative 2019-nCoV samples to their referral laboratories for confirmation. (PDF)
02/06/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: Network for Public Health Law. Published: 2/6/2020. This one-hour webinar provides legal, policy, and practical guidance related to international and domestic public health responses to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 n-CoV), including a briefing on current epidemiological developments; rapid assessment of international legal responses through the World Health Organization, China, and select foreign governments; latest development of U.S. legal preparedness/response at the federal, state, and local levels; identification of actual or potential legal issues to arise; and related resources. (Video or Multimedia)
02/03/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/3/2020. This web page, updated on February 3, 2020, provides information about guidance on infection prevention and control for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), and a link to guidance that outlines infection prevention and control advice for healthcare providers assessing possible cases of 2019-CoV. (Text)
02/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 2/2020. This 30-page guidance document on community engagement for public health emergency preparedness is intended for public health authorities in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) Member States. It is meant to provide step-by-step technical support to Member States who are initiating or professionalizing their core community engagement capacity. The guidance is organized according to the three core stages of the preparedness cycle: anticipation/preparation, response, and recovery. (PDF)
01/23/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Published: 1/23/2020. This three-page document provides lessons learned from the successful coordinated response to restoring the public health supply chain after Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, which occurred in March 2019. The response to Cyclone Idai largely avoided many of the most significant challenges that can hinder a public health supply chain's response to natural disasters. (PDF)
01/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: RAND Corporation. Published: 1/2020. This 143-page report identifies factors associated with changes in outcomes for soldiers who received Army behavioral health (BH) specialty care and provides recommendations to improve BH care and outcomes. Researchers identified three samples of soldiers who received Army BH care with diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or anxiety, and whose symptoms were assessed during their care. Recommendations include providing feedback and guidance to providers on how to strengthen alliance with their patients, and increasing provider use of measurement-based BH care. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Published: 11/2019. This one-page document summarizes the lessons learned from the disaster response in Mozambique following Cyclone Idai in March 2019. It details how partners mobilized immediately to coordinate emergency response, and lists logistics actions. As part of the analysis of the emergency response, the document lists the components of an emergency preparedness plan that partners developed. (PDF)
10/07/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Education (ED). Published: 10/7/2019. Presenters in this one-hour, four-minute webinar discuss how schools can integrate drills and exercises into their overall emergency management planning. The webinar provides an overview of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s National Exercise Division and a description of general resources and tools available to support education agencies with planning for and executing drills as a part of overall emergency operations plan development. (Video or Multimedia)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Published: 10/2019. In Mozambique, the response to Cyclone Idai, which occurred in March 2019, largely avoided many of the challenges that can hinder a public health supply chain's response to natural disasters. This 40-page report documents Mozambique's response and includes several tools to help others in their disaster response planning, including job descriptions, lists of equipment, explanatory diagrams, and a sample emergency request form. (PDF)
07/31/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Education (ED). Published: 7/31/2019. This one-hour, two-minute webinar highlights the impacts of lead exposure on the learning environment and steps education agencies can take to integrate lead testing and reduction programs into school emergency management planning and emergency operations plans. A speaker from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shares insight on the topic and details on EPA tools available to support states and localities with lead testing and reduction. (Video or Multimedia)
07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 7/2019. This course is geared toward death certifiers such as medical examiners, coroners, physicians, and justices of the peace, and covers the importance of including disaster-related data on the death certificate; the two types of disaster-related deaths, direct and indirect; how to determine if a death is disaster-related; and how to complete the death certificate for disaster-related deaths. (Video or Multimedia)
03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Published: 3/2019. This 54-page document compiles best practices in emergency supply chain preparedness so that countries can respond rapidly and effectively to epidemic and pandemic threats. It takes a country-centric approach to emergency preparedness, focusing on what governments themselves can do to strengthen their capacity to respond to public health emergencies. It includes chapters on emergency protocols, and emergency procurement and supply chain. (PDF)
02/27/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Department of Education (ED). Published: 2/27/2019. This one-hour, four-minute webinar discusses supports for homeless and displaced students and families during and after emergencies that impact school district, school, and campus communities. It provides a basic overview of why this topic is important and insight that can help state and local education and emergency management agencies understand how they can support students and families displaced from homes, communities, and school settings as a result of natural disasters or other emergencies. (Video or Multimedia)
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